World Advent Calendar

Catalonia

In Catalonia children strike a log called 'el tió' whilst singing a song.

They then look underneath the log where they find sweets, nougats and some presents.

We would like to thank CEIP Sant Cristòfol Primary School, Catalonia for sharing with us their Christmas customs on this page.

"We are 11 years old and we are in the 6th level class. We also celebrate Christmas.

Like in the UK, we decorate Christmas trees, we send Christmas cards, we also decorate cities and towns with Christmas lights.

Butin Catalonia we’ve got something different. We take a trunk named: “el tió” and we put it under the Christmas tree. We draw eyes, a nose and a mouth. Children cover it with a blanket and feed it a few days before Christmas day.

The night of the 24 December, after having dinner, children hit it with a stick and sing a song. They look at under the trunk and some sweets, nougats and presents appear. We say: "fer cagar el tió".